Half of Japan's LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification Church

Re:Half of Japan's LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification C... by 1270018080 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @12:32PM (#32767968)

I really can't see majors differences between socially conservative evangelical Christians and those other groups, if we're talking the harm they can cause politically.

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Re:Half of Japan's LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification C... by welshwelsh on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:17PM (#32768573)

There's no difference, it's just that evangelical cults are much bigger and more accepted in the US.

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Re:Half of Japan's LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification C... by vorpalhex on Thursday September 08, 2022 @03:20PM (#32770662)

There's basically a single meaningful Evangelical cult in the US and it is mostly genealogical (ergo tiny). They also have a big population center in Mexico oddly enough (or did a few years ago, but there was a cartel massacre of them so they may have left).

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Re:Half of Japan's LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification C... by vorpalhex on Thursday September 08, 2022 @03:18PM (#32770639)

This is the "everyone who disagrees with me is a Nazi" problem.

Evangelicals are distinct from cults. You may dislike both, in the same way you can dislike peanut butter and chocolate, but that doesn't mean they are the same or identical.

(There are also Evangelical cults but that is a small percentage of Evangelicals)

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